Canadian payment giant being sold to U.S. private equity. Is your digital privacy at risk?

CBC: The Royal Bank of Canada and Bank of Montreal announced earlier this week they would be selling jointly owned Moneris, one of Canada’s largest commerce solutions providers, to Francisco Partners for $2 billion.

…Polsky said the deal means Canadians’ data could be available, not only to foreign governments, but foreign law enforcement agencies.

She gave an example of U.S. border agents potentially checking an individual’s transaction history before allowing them to enter the country…

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